Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for preventing adhesion of air-borne fine particles, which contains a 2-(meth)acryloyloxyalkyl phosphorylcholine-(meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester copolymer as an antistatic agent, and which is not decreased in the effect of preventing adhesion of air-borne fine particles even if a sufficient amount of an oil component is blended therein. The present invention is characterized by containing (A) 2-(meth)acryloyloxyalkyl phosphorylcholine-(meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester copolymer, (B) a di-long-chain cationic surfactant represented by formula (I) (wherein each R1 independently represents and alkyl group having 12-22 carbon atoms and 0-3 double bonds; each R2 independently represents an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms and no double bond; and Y represents a halogen atom, a methosulfate or a methophosphate), and (C) one or more oil components selected from among hydrocarbon oils, ester oils and silicone oils.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a silicone-free cosmetic containing no silicone compounds, not only in a surface treatment agent for a powder, but also in the cosmetic itself, wherein the cosmetic has excellent powder dispersibility, has a stable and clear appearance, and also has a good texture in use. The present invention relates to a cosmetic containing (A) a powder that is surface-treated with a surface treatment agent including at least two types of treatment agents, one of the at least two types of treatment agents being an N-acyl amino acid or a salt thereof; and (B) at least one type of surfactant selected from among polyglycerol esters of fatty acids; wherein the cosmetic does not contain a silicone compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for treating or preventing skin pigmentation, which contains fibroblasts as an active ingredient, wherein the fibroblasts are those fibroblasts which are less damaged than fibroblasts localized in a site where the skin pigmentation occurs, and the composition is characterized by being intended to be applied to a site where the pigmentation occurs or a dermis tissue around the site.

Abstract: An image analysis device according to the present invention includes: an image capturing unit that captures a subject; a light emitting unit that emits light to the subject; a sensor unit that senses an inclination of the image capturing unit relative to the subject; a control unit that causes the image capturing unit to capture an image of the subject while controlling light emission of the light emitting unit; and a determination unit that, based on a positional relationship of the image capturing unit and the light emitting unit and the inclination, determines a measurement region spaced apart by a predetermined distance from a reflection region corresponding to a position in the image where a light from the light emitting unit regularly reflects at the subject.

Abstract: A liquid object detector (160) includes a liquid object dispensing part (500), a sensor (161, 162, 163) configured to detect a liquid object dispensed by the liquid object dispensing part, and a sensor moving part (130, 165) configured to move the sensor in a direction crossing a dispensing direction of the liquid object.

Abstract: A method for preparing a cosmetic kit provides cosmetics which are customized (personalized) for each user and a cosmetic provision device which uses the kit to supply customized cosmetics. The cosmetic kit includes a plurality of cosmetic bases, and is used for customized cosmetics which are prepared by mixing the plurality of cosmetic bases in accordance with recipe information determined on the basis of user unique information. The method provides a cosmetic kit with a container containing at least two cosmetic bases selected from the plurality of cosmetic bases that is rotated at a prescribed speed, and a new-infrared measurement of the bases in the container is performed at prescribed time intervals, the time (T)required to obtain an nth measurement, in which the rate of change between the absorbance in the nth measurement and the absorbance in the previous ((n?1)th)measurement is 100%±5%, and the rate of change with respect to the absorbance in the following ((n+1)th) measurement is 100%±5%.

Abstract: To promote a utilization of a moving image in a video call. An information processing apparatus includes: a correction module configured to correct the luminance of a first video data acquired by a camera; a recognition module configured to recognize a first moving image and a second moving image in a first video data whose luminance is corrected, the first moving image including at least a part of a user's face, the second moving image not including a face; a correction module configured to correct a recognized second moving image; a generation module configured to generate a second video data including a first moving image included in a first video data whose luminance is corrected and a corrected second moving image; and a providing module configured to provide a second video data to a video call application.

Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsified sunblock cosmetic has excellent feeling when used and maintains a high ultraviolet-ray protective effect even upon contact with water or sweat. The oil-in-water emulsified sunblock cosmetic contains an (A) ultraviolet-ray protective agent and a (B) fatty acid forming a solid at room temperature, the cosmetic is characterized in that 51% or less of the fatty acid is neutralized, and the formulation ratio ((A)/(B) of the (A) ultraviolet-ray protective agent to the (B) fatty acid is in the range of at least 0.1 and less than 10.0. The cosmetic exhibits the unprecedented and surprising property of contact with water causing an improvement to the ultraviolet-ray protective ability. It is preferable for the cosmetic to contain an (C) oily component having IOB of 0.5 or higher.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to suitably control a charging state of a human body all the time. A charging amount detection device 13 is worn by a human body and measures the surface potential of the human body. A static electricity control device 12 is worn by a human body and generates and discharges ions to the human body and thereby controls the static electricity on the human body. A mobile terminal 11 sets a control pattern of the static electricity on the human body that is suitable for a condition such as temperature and humidity for the static electricity control device 12 via short-range wireless communication. The static electricity control device 12 uses the set control pattern to perform feedback control of the static electricity on the human body by using the surface potential of the human body measured by the charging amount detection device 13.

Abstract: A container includes a bottom wall and a side wall. Multiple vertically-crushable units are formed in the side wall, each unit of the multiple units includes mountain fold lines formed by sides of parallelograms and valley fold lines formed by diagonal lines of the parallelograms, and the multiple units are stacked in tiers such that each pair of the parallelograms in upper and lower tiers have a common lower/upper side and the parallelograms in the upper and lower tiers alternately become line-symmetrical with respect to the common lower/upper side.

Abstract: The object is providing a water-in-oil emulsion sunscreen cosmetic having a property not present in the prior art, in which UV protection ability improve upon contact with water, sweat and the like in comparison with that directly after application, and also having pleasant texture and easy to wash off. The present invention provides a water-in-oil emulsion sunscreen cosmetic comprising (A) 6 to 40 mass % of a UV protective agent; (B) an organic-modified clay mineral; (C) an oil-phase-thickening agent, other than (B) and (D) a silicone-based surfactant having an HLB of less than 8, wherein the ratio, [total quantity of component (B) and component (C)]/[total quantity of (E) non-volatile liquid oils except silicone oils], is 0.04 or more and less than 0.68.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel oil thickener that can impart a thickening effect for oils used in cosmetics, and a novel oil-soluble copolymer that can be used as the thickener. The cosmetic oil thickener of the invention is an oil-soluble copolymer having a monomer unit composed of a hydrophilic monomer, a monomer unit composed of an easily-crystallizing hydrophobic monomer, and a monomer unit composed of a poorly-crystallizing hydrophobic monomer.

Abstract: [Technical problem] To suppress the occurrence of color streaks in a cosmetic comprising two or more kinds of pigments having different average particle diameters. [Solution] A cosmetic comprises at least two kinds of pigments having different average particle diameters. The cosmetic preparation has a lightness L* defined by CIE 1976 L*a*b* color system of 65 or less. The lightness L* is determined by filling a borosilicate glass container having a shell diameter ? of 35 mm with the cosmetic preparation to a height of 10 mm, and measuring according to an SCI method from the bottom surface of the filled glass container with use of an illuminant C. The cospmetic comprises behenic acid or a derivative thereof, wherein the blending amount is 0.15 to 2% by mass based on the total amount of the cosmetic.

Abstract: Provided is a water-in-oil emulsified cosmetic having improved feeling on use and usability. The water-in-oil emulsified cosmetic may include: (a) one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, a salt of polyacrylic acid, poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid), and a salt of poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid) and having (i) a weight average molecular weight of 1 million to 4 million, and (ii) a viscosity at 25° C. when made into a 1% by mass aqueous solution of 1 Pa·s or less, (b) an aqueous phase component other than the component (a); (c) 60% by mass or less of an oily component, and (d) an emulsifier.

Abstract: A feeding container includes: an inner cylinder with a through groove extending in an axial direction disposed inside an outer cylinder having a spiral groove on an inner wall surface thereof, an inner plate having a protrusion on a side surface thereof disposed inside the inner cylinder, and the protrusion of the inner plate passing through the through groove of the inner cylinder to come into engagement with the spiral groove of the outer cylinder, whereby the inner plate moves vertically in response to either a vertical movement of the outer cylinder in the axial direction or a rotary movement of the outer cylinder around an axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic containing fatty acid magnesium salt particles and mica in which the fatty acid magnesium salt particles have a fatty acid having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, an aspect ratio expressed by the following formula (1) of 1.0 or more and 2.0 or less and an average thickness of 250 to 600 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil-based cosmetic having the innovative, unprecedented property in which the ultraviolet protection effects increase due to heat. The oil-based cosmetic of the present invention contains (A) an ultraviolet protectant; and (B) at least one compound that is water-soluble and that has an IOB of 5.0 or lower, selected from among (i) alkylene oxide derivatives and (ii) polyhydric alcohols; wherein the (B) (i) alkylene oxide derivatives are polyoxyalkylene/polyoxyethylene copolymer dialkyl ethers represented by the following formula (I): R1O-[(AO)m(EO)n]—R2??(I) wherein R1 and R2, each independently, denote a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having one to four carbon atoms, AO denotes an oxyalkylene group having three or four carbon atoms, EO denotes an oxyethylene group, 1?m?70, 1?n?70 and m+n?40; and the oil-based cosmetic has a water content of 5% by mass or less.

Abstract: A cosmetic material feeding-out container includes an outer tube, an inner tube disposed inside the outer tube, a cosmetic material container disposed in the inner tube with relatively moveable along a tube axial direction, an intermediate tube formed with a helical groove repeatedly on an inner circumferential face along a tube axial direction and disposed between the outer tube and the inner tube, an engagement member protruded from a portion of the cosmetic material container and engageable with the helical groove, and an operation unit including a knocking operation piece protruded from the outer tube and a rotating cam mechanism configured to rotate the intermediate tube in response to a knocking operation of the knocking operation piece, and the intermediate tube is configured to be rotated by the rotating cam mechanism to move the cosmetic material container along the tube axial direction.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a water-in-oil type emulsion cosmetic that has a replenishing and smooth feel-of-use, that, once applied, forms a uniform coating, and that can minimize the appearance of skin roughness such as pores while covering discoloration such as spots and freckles, but that does not give an impression of a thick coating. The present invention provides a water-in-oil type emulsion cosmetic characterized by containing (A) 0.1-20 mass % of metallic soap-treated powder, and (B) a water-absorptive polymer having 0.01-2 mass % of a carboxyl group. The (B) water-absorptive polymer having a carboxyl group of this cosmetic preferably can absorb 10-1,000 times its own weight.

Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion composition is to be excellent in emulsion stability even in polymer emulsification and to provide a further moist feel in use. An oil-in-water emulsion composition is made to include (A) a (meth)acrylic acid/alkyl (meth)acrylate/(meth)acrylic acid-POE monoalkyl ether ester copolymer, (B) batyl alcohol, and (C) 10 mass % or more of a polar oil with respect to the total amount of the composition.